THE' PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1890.
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THE BIG FOUR'S WORK
In Advancing the Prices of Green
Hides and Calf Skins.
THE MILLION MUST PAT THE BILLS.
Allegheny Tanners Dependent on Chicago
for Their Supplies.
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,' ."THE WHEAT AND FLODE SITUATION
Ornci or PirrsBtTRG Dispatch. ?
Tuesday. August 12, 1S90. J
A generation ago Pittsburj; and Alle
gheny tanners received large quantities of
dry hides from St. Louis by the river route,
and paid their bills in finished leather. A
trio to St. Iiouis and up the Missouri river
once or twice in the year was one of the
episodes of the leather trade in those good
old days. Our steamboats along in the for
ties and fifties, were freighted often with dry
hides from the Indian territory, now known
as Kansas and Nebraska, and on the return
trip carried the finished product. Supplies
from the Missouri river together with hides
and calf skins collected from city and country
batchers, -were sufficient to meet all demands
from oar home tanners. About a century ago
the St. Louis bide trade waned, and in a short
time ceased. On the wane of Western bides, it
was found that slaughtering bouses in this
vicinity were unable to meet demands of the
paining tannine Interests of Allegheny, and
other sources of supply had to be looked to.
Prior to the war St. Louis was the great trade
center of the West. Since the war Chicago has
been the center. And of late years the Big
Four, namely, Armour. Swift, Morris and
Hammond, by reason of their enormous cattle
and dressed meat trade, have reached such a
power tbatthev practically control the hide
trade of the West and are able to dictate
prices. Fully one-half of the hides worked up
by our Allegheny tanners come from the Big
Four. The butchers of Pittsburg and sur
rounding towns would cut a sorry figure in sup
plying wants of our borne tanners at this date.
The People Mnat Pay.
It has seemed good to the Big Four of late to
advance prices, and, with the aid of specula
tors, they have succeeded in raising bides and
calfskins from 2c to 3c per ponnd in the past
few weeks. In the end the millions who wear
shoes will have to pay for the whistle, and the
monopolists will gather in the ducats. There is
no real reason lor tne lato advance in maes anu
calfskins. But the advance bas been ordered
by the powers that be, and the masses will pay
the bills.
In proof of the fact that the recent rise in
bides, calf skins and harness leather is due
largely to speculative influences and the Big
our, stands the tact tnat rea soie learner nas
not Iomed in the upward movement. The lat
ter is manufactured principally in New York
State and Northern Pennsylvania, and r-outh
America is the chief source of supply for hides.
The Bur Four bave not vet been able to take in
the earth, and Eastern tanners have not lelt
their iron grip as have the tanners from ruts
burg westward. Bed sole leather is very heav
ily exported, and thanks to the freedom of tan
ners in this line, from Western monopolies and
speculative influences, prices have undergone
little change. One of our leading bide dealer-,
said to-da : "I believe that the recent ad vance
in hides and calf skins bas already spent its
force, and that prices are now at the top. A
year ago prices were too low, but the late ad
vance has been too radical to hold. Cattle are
dull and lower of late and there is no good rea
son for such a tharp advance in hides and calf
EKins as we nave uau tne past lew weeks. 1
look to see a reaction in the next few weeks,
and only hope it will not be so great as to send
prices oack. to tne level oi a lew months ago."
Wbentnnd Floor.
The Forth Western Jfil'cr is responsible for
the following notes as to the wheat and flour
situation: "Dry weather in the corn region and
short crop of oats has been the cause to a great
extent of the recent rise in wheat. Elevator
men expect to handle more wheat this year
than last. Grades, however, are unquestion
ably lower. Advices from London correspond
ents show a favorable change in weather
which will save the wheat crop of England
from disasters threatened a short time ago.
If weather continues favorable there will be an
average ubeat crop Jn -England, though har
vest will be 10 to 14 days later than nsuaL The
American floor trade is reported very slow in
London. In France there has been irreparable
damage from storms. A month ago the esti
mate of the wheat crop in France was 320,000.000
bushels. Late estimates are 280,000,000 bushels.
The home con-umption calls for 350.000.000
bushels, so that it will require at least 70.000,000
bushels of imported wheat to meet the wants
of France this rear. It will be seen bv refer
ence to domestic market columns that wheat
here has touched the dollar mark this week.
Jobbers also look for an advance in flour be
fore the week is out.
MAEKETS BY WIBB.
Another Whirl In Wheat Dae to Knnlan
Crop Report Early Weakneti Suc
ceeded by n Sharp Rally Corn
and Oaia Let Go.
CHICAGO Wheat There was large trading
again to-day and the feeling was unsettled and
feverish. Prices fluctuated frequently and
quite wildly at times during the session. The
market opened very weak and. panicky with
prices Klc lower, and varied lc in different
parts of the crowd, quickly declined KSKo
more, inside prices being lKS'Kc below the
closing figures yesterday, then rallied 2c from
inside Trices, but notwithstanding numerous
fluctuations, then eased off some and closed lc
higher for September and lKc higher for De
cember than closing figures yesterday.
The early weakness was attributed to the de
dine in corn and to the news about the Russian
crop, which was not generally known yester
day. There was a rush to sell and but little
demand, buyers holding off for bottom prices.
The result was a sharp break. The crowd sold
rather freely and got short around bottom
prices, and when buying commenced there was
a. sharp rally and urgent desire to cover.
Numerous buying orders were received and
during the excitement the SI mark was passed
for September delivery.
Corn 1 here was a good business transacted,
and the feeling developed early was. weak, with
trading at lower prices, but later' the market
manifested a better feeling, and closed steady.
The weakness early was attributed to the rains,
which were quite general all over, Kansas. The
market opened llc under the closing of yes
terday, with free Felling, and prices sold off
with little reaction fSSfic but at inside figures
a fair demand was developed, and the market
reacted c, ruled steady, and closed 1J41Jo
lower than yesterday.
Oats There was more disposition to sell.
First sales were at a c decline, and receded J
lc more. The decline bronebt in fair buying,
and a rally of Kc followed, but weakness
again developed, prices receded c and
closed easy at lc decline from yesterday's
sales. I
Mess Pork Trading was fairly active. Open
ing sales were made it 10c decline, which
was followed by a further reduction of 1520c
Later tbe prices rallied 1012c, and closed
rather quiet,
Lard Only a fair trade was reported. Open
ing sales were maile at 2KS5e decline. A fur
ther reduction of f KS5c followed, but toward
the close prices advanced to medinm figures.
Short Rib SidesV-Trading was rather active.
Prices declined 7&10c, but rallied 25c, and
cloed steady. ,
ine leaning iutures rancea as wuowa-
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Angust, 4S?i0498X48C!
eepKToDer,
WlietikliSiQ4ac; May, 53
Oats Ko. 2,
A irn t.
September 3SJe!3(?33SeSSB'c; May, 42ilh
Mess Pork, pei bbl. September. SU 10
11 lOfJlO 8511 GO; .October. J10 9CQ10 80010 60
10 75; January, S1272K1Z72K128012 6a
Lars, per 100 BiA September. $6 25627J$
6 2266 27K: Octr3er.$6 40(J 42&6 87Je ;
January, $6 b56 56 77K6 82K.
8l?2,?TJrBS' EeJ" 10 fis.-September, SS52K
J5 ;52K5 42K5( 50; October. S5 655 67K
6 655 WsJanuarw. $6 02$6 025 B2X 00.
Cash quotation: were as follows: Flour firm;
spring 25 cents and winter 1015a higher than
on Saturday; No 2 spring wheat, 89JgpWc:
No. 3 spring wheat, 9094c; No. 2 red, Wii
No. 2 corn, 4S. 5. No. 2 oats. 38&39c No.
2rye,60Kc No. 2 barley, 67c; No. 1 flaxseed,
11 41: prime tin othy seed, jl SS1 40: mess
Sork per bbl, Ul 0011 25; lard, por cwt,
1 17K; short ril s sides,loose. S5 o5g5;40; dry
salted shonlders. boxed, unchanged! short
clear sides, boked, 15 705 (SO; sugars, cut
loaf, unchanged No. 2 white oats, new. S9ffl
S9Xc;No 3whIteSoats.S7Je40e. '
On the Product Exchange to-day the bntter
market was steadtv: fancy,2020K; fine, 1819c;
g5d creamery, ljgl4c; No, 1 dairies, 10012c:
o.2,S9c. Egjgs, 14S14KC
NEW YORK Plour Stronger and falrlv
active and 601'Jc up. Corn meal Finn and
more active. Wheat Spot unsettled and
firm, closing blr.herz moderate business, ehleflv
.exports; optiorhs closed lild up; reports of
increased expoftt business tbe stimulating fca
, 4 tore; there w r -rf"-!-t!- '"r '"t
an indisposition to sell. Rye firm and quiet.
Barley Malt Quiet Corn-Spot quiet. Tower
and weak; options sold off lKc and closed
steady at gc under yesterday; but much
quieter because of the belief that prices have
been strained. Oats Spot fairly active and
weaker; options weaker and moderately active.
Pay-Quiet and steady. Hops Dull and
steady. Coflee Options opened steady 6 points
up to 10 points down, closed steady, 6 points
down to 5 points up; fair trade; sales, 4jwO
bags, includine August, 18.S518.40e: Sep
tember, 17.50017.60c; October. 16.016.5c;
November. 1625; December, iai516.20c: Jan
uary. 15.70c; February, 15.5515.60c; March,
15.5015.55c; May. 15.4515.50c Spot Rio firm,
active; fair cargoes, 20f c; No. 7 nat bean, 18J
19c. Sugar Raw firmer, fairly active; fair
rerining. 4 5-16c; centrifugals 96 test, 59-Wc bid;
sales, 2,405 bags centrifugals 96 test,
3S-16e; centrifugal 5.215 bags; molasses
sugar, 89 test. 2t 9-3222c; refined fairly active
and firm; extra "C," 5 l-165Jfc; white extra C,
5Jg57-16c:C yellow, 44c; off A, 55c
Molasses New Orleans quiet. Rice active and
firm. Petroleum firm and in fair demand;
United closed 90Jo for September. Cotton
seed oil firm and quiet. Tallow strong and
wanted; city (S2 f nrpackages) 4 lM6c Rosin
steady and aulet. Turpentine quiet and steady.
Ego New laid scarce and firm: Western, 16
19e; do poor; per case, $2 0063 00; receipts,
4,015 packages. W.ol dnll and weak; domestic
fleece, S3S8c; pulled, 2634c: Texas. 1724c
Pork easier and dnll; mess, 12 5013 25; extra
prime, f 10 0010 60. Cot-meats wanted and
strong; pickled bellies 5oc; do shoulders,
66c; do hams, 20kllc Middles strong,.
short clear. $6 20. Lard lowerand closed steady
and quiet. Western steam, (6 42K; sales, 600
tierces; $6 406 42; options, sales, 2.750 tierces;
August, E6 42; September, S6 456 48, closing
at $6 4S; October, to 63, closing at tf 65; Novem
ber, $6 SO; December, S6 S6g6 S3, closing at $6 87
bid: January, 17 06 bid. Butter fairly active
and firm; Western dairy, 7K12c; do creamery,
11019c; do factory. 7llc; Elgin, nono on tbe
market. Cheese Light supply and firm; part
skims. 2K5Jic; Ohio flat, 4&g6Jc.
BALTIMORE Wheat Western strong; No.
2 winter red, spot and August, 9Sc: Septem
ber, PSl9SKr: October. ?1 C01 Otfti; Decem
ber, $1 03iffil 03& Corn-Western firm;
mixed, spot, 66c; August, 66c; September,
55Jgc; October, 5556c Oats-Western
while, 4146c: do do mixed, 4241c; graded
No. 2 white. 46c: do do mixed. 44c; new white,
4143c; new mixed, 4042c Rye firm: choice,
6365c; good to prime, 6062c; common to fair,
5759c. Hay steady: prime to choice timothv,
Jll 5012 50. Provisions firm. Mess pork. old.
12 25; new, 13 00. Bnlk meats, loose shoulders.
6Jc; long clear, 6; clear rib sides, 6Kc;
sugar pickled shoulders, 7c; sugar cured smoke
shoulders, Sc, hams, large, lleilc: small,
12KS13C Lard Refined, 7Kc; crude. 6$c
Butter fairly active and firm: nest goods very
scarce: creamery fancy, 18c: do fair to choice,
1517c:do imitation. 1214c; ladle fancy. 12c;
do good to choice, S10c: store packed, Ggc.
E;gs steady at 16K17c Coffee firm; Rio
cargoes fair at 20c; No. 7, 1818,Kc.
ST. LOUIS Wheat A fair business was re
ported: tbe market was irregular; the opening
was iVii lower, receded jc. advanced fie
and eased off, and at the close prices were lWc
lower for August. Jc for September, but Jjc
higher for December and Mav than yesterday;
No. 2 cash, 95c: August, 95Jc: September,
97Hc bid; December, 51 04 asked; May. Jl 0S.
Corn A moderate business was transacted
and the market was lower: first prices were $
c lower, improved later, but afterward de
clined and closed Je under yesterday; No, 2
cash, 47Jc bid: September, 48Kc; December,
60c; May, B2Hc Oats irregular and unset
tled; opened ?6Jfc lower, sold off Jc, but Im
proved and clused at the top, though Kc
lower than yesterday: No. 2 cash, S9c asked;
September, 39c, nominal; May, 42c Rye, No. 2,
63c. Flaxseed SI 16. Provisions Fork, 11 50.
Lard. $5 S7.
PHILADELPHIA-FIourfinn. Wheat options
firm; old rejected in grain depot, 90c; ungraded
on track, Jl 00; No. 2 rea on track, SI 00; No. 2
red. In export elevator, 9SJc: No. 2 red, August,
9SK9SJc; September, S9J$99c: October,
SI 001 OOJi: November, ?1 0101 01.
Corn weak and prices of options declined lc
under car lots, steady; No. 3 mixed, In grain
depot, 59c; No. 2 mixed, in do, 69c; No. 2
high mixed in Twentieth street elevator, 60c;
No. 2 mixed, August. 55U56cj September.
5556Kc; October, 565fc; November, 57
57c. Oats, car lots, quiet and prices a shade
'weaker: old No. 3 white. 45c; new No. 2
white, 45J4B4Se; old ungraded white, 4c: old
No 2 white on track, 47c. Futures beyond this
month dull and unchanged, bnt tbe August
option advanced IJfc; No. 2. white, August
44K45Kc; September. 4313Kc; October, 4SK
44 November, 4SK44c Provisions in good
jobbing demand and firm.
MINNEAPOLIS Receipts of wheat were 37
cars; shipments, 50 cars. The offerings of sam
ple wheat were small to-aay. There was a fair
demand from outside millers for good selec
tions, bnt the local .demand was very light.
Prices averaged nearly as high as yesterday
during most of the day.-notwithstanding fu
tures were easier. Closing Quotations: No 1
hard, August, fl 03; on track, SI 04; No. 1
Northern, August, 99fc; September, 97c;
December, SI 00; on track, SI 01; No. 2
Northern, August, 92c; on track, 9296c
MILWAUKEE-Flour firm. Wheat higher,
o. 2 spring, on track, 9G9Sc; September,
93c: No. 1 Northern, $1 02. Corn easier: No.
3. on track. 50c Oats easier; No. 2 white, on
track, 40341c. Rye flrmer;No. L, in store. 61Jc
Barley quiet; No. 2. in store, 00c Provisions
firm. Pork, August, SU 00. Lard. August,
6 20. Cheese unchanged; Cheddars, 77c.
DOLUTH Wheat opened steady at about
yesterday's closing figures, declined 2cand
closed up strong at a gain for the day ot lc
Closing prices are: August, SI 04; September.
SI 01K: December, SI 04: cash wheat closed at
SI 04 tor No. 1 hard. SI 01K for No. 1 Northern,
and 9S$c for No. 2 Northern.
TOLEDO Wheat firmer; cash and August,
99c; September, SI; December, 81 03kf. Corn
dull and steady; cash and August, 52c; Sep
tember, 52c Oats dull, steady; cash and
August, 40c; May, 43. Cloversecd dull: cash,
new, 54 90; October, 4 90; December H 85.
LIVE BT0CK MABXET&
The Condition of Bnslncssut the East Liberty
Slock Yards.
Office or Pittsburg dispatch, 1
' Tuesday. August 12. 189a
CATTLE Receipts. 300 head; shipments,
200 bead; market active; 510c higher than
yesterday's prices; no cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
Hogs Receipts. 1,400 head; shipments, none;
market active; selected cornfed, S4 004 10;
grassers, S3 503 70. 6 cars of hogs shipped
to New York to-day.
SHEEP Receipts, 1,200 head; shipments, 200
bead; market firm si yesterday's prices.
By Telegraph.
CHICAGO The Drover Journal reports:
Cattle Receipts, 8,000 head: shipments, 2,000
head: market strong; beeves, S4 604 0: steers,
$3 S04 40; stackers and feeders. S2 103 20;
cows, bulls and mixed, SI 003 GO; Texas cattle,
51 253 35; Western Texas. S3 003 10. Hogs
Receipts, 16,000 head; shipments. 5.000 head;
market strong; 5c higher: mixed, S3 454 00;
heavy, S3 40Q4 10; light, S3 351 05; skips, S2 60
CE3 10. Sheep Receipts. 9,000 head; shipments,
2,000 head: market Steady: natives, S3 005 50;
Western, S3 654 50:Texans, S3 0003 90f lambs,
85 005 80. The Drover? Journal special
cablegram reports good to choice American
steers making llKQH?ic estimated dead weight
at London. Supply liberal; demand weak.
NEW YORK Beeves-Receints, 633 Bead, all
for slaughterers and exporters: no trading;feel
ing firm; dressed beet firm at 6V7ijc per
ponnd; shipments to-day 340 beeves and 2,300
quarters of beef: to-morrow 3,600 quarters of
beef. Calves Receipts. 744 head; market firm;
veals. S6 008 00 per 100 pounds; buttermilk
calves,S3 00(33 50; Westerns. S4 005 00. Sheep
Receipts. 5jS0S head; market shade higher;
sheep, S4 255 75: lambs. S6 008 50; dressed
mutton firm at 910Kc per pound: dressed
lambs steady at ll12c. Hogs Receipts,
4,932 head, all consigned direct; nominally firm
S4 104 80.
ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts, 2,500 head;
shlpments.1,100 head; market steady; good to
fancy native steers, S4 204 65: fair to good
do, S3 854 30; stockers and feeders, S2 00g3 00;
Texans and Indians, S2 20SJ 50. Hoes Re
ceipts, 3,700 bead; shipments, 600 bead;
market stronger; fair to choice heavy, S3 85
8 95; packing grades, S3 703 85: light, fair to
beBt, S3 75S 9a Sheep Receipts. 2,400
bead; shipments. 600 head; market steady; fair
to choice, S4 004 8a
BUFFALO Cattle steady; 52 loads through, 3
sale Sheep and lambs receipts, U toads
through, 2 sale. Hogs firm and a shade higher
Tor good corn fed; receipts, 17 loads through, 11
sale; mediums, heavy and mixed. S4 104 20;
corn Yorkers, S4 00; pigs, S3 3a .
CINCINNATI-Hogsstrong;commonand light,
52 753 80; packing and butchers, S3 76f 00;
receipts, 1,850 bead: shipments, 520 head.
Brazilian Coffee. t
Rio de Jajtetro, August 12. Coffee Regu.
lar first, 8,000 reis per 10 kilos; good second.
6,600 reis. Receipts during the week, 62,000
bags; purchases for United States, 22,000; clear
ancestor do, 40,00a y
Sastos, August 1Z Coffee Good average,
7,700 reis per 10 kilos. Receipts during tbe
week, 43,000 bags; purchases for United States,
14,000; clearances for do, 18,000; stock, 78,000
bags.
Prices of Bar Silver.
New York, August 12. Bar silver London,
MKd; New York, II 1
When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla,
Whrn she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
When she bad Cb.Udren.shA gate them Castorla
PQINTEKS ON TEADE.
Dullness in Speculative Markets Due
to Lack of Public Interest.
INTENTION OP THE SILVER LAW.
Eleetrieitj a Potent Agent in Lifting;
Country Towns Oat of the But
Tfli) SEWS AND GOSSIP OP THE CITI
The speculative markets are In a lethargic
condition, although there is little or nothing in
the way of news affecting values. The dullness
is mainly due to a lack of interest by the pub
lic and to a well recognized business principle
for a commodity to go lower whenever It lacks
active support.
Railroad earnings continue to show large in
creases in tbe gross; gains are general, the
roads showing losses over last year being rare
exceptions. This should give stocks an up
ward impetus. With the settlement ot the
tariff question in Congress, and of the labor
trouble by the people, there will dawn a better
period for specnlatiop. Money and people to
Invest it will be found when the opportune time
arrives. .
Scope of Ibe Silver Lnw.
John Thompson, Vice President of the Chase
National Bank, New York, gives tbe following
interpretation of the silver law: "The design
Is fairly to try the experiment of raising the
price of silver bullion; in other words, to create
a higher market price for it, that the bullion in
our silver dollar may become equal In market
value to the bullion in the gold dollar. There
fore, the market price meant is the market
price wo are to create in the United Statesnot
that In London. The London price man. iouow
our price, not our price the London price. The
market furnished by the law is in the United
States, not in London."
m 9
" Boomed by Electricity,
Electricity is doing more for tbe country
towns than all other agencies combined. It is
lighting villages that would otherwise be grop
ing in the dark, for gas corporations do not
settle in snch places. The gamo is not big
enough. But the greatest thing electricity is
doing for the small towns is tbe running of the
street cars. This has given them a forward
impetus that has been of immense benefit to
all of their business interests. A great deal of
the vim and push seen in Western Pennsyl
vania towns is due to electricity.
Basinets News and Goulp.
I. M. Whitney There Is a sag in business ot
all kinds. Stocks are flat. This is due mainly
to absenteeism. The sky is overcast, but it
will clear up before long and there will be a re
vival. Ground has been broken for 15 or 20 dwell
ings in the new town of Mendelssohn. Em
ployes of the piano abd organ factory are be
ginning to arrive from the East.
The largest of 29 mortgages on file for record
yesterdav was for 510,000, given by the East
End Reform congregation to the Philadelphia
Savings Fund Society. Ten were for purchase
money.
Surveyors were at work on tbe McEelvey
farm, back of Edgewood, on Monday. This
lends strength to the rumor that a deed is on
for 50 acres of it for subdivision.
Flagstone walks are being put down on sev
eral of tbe principal streets of Oreeensburg.
Building Is backward.
Ground has been broken for tbe projeoted
plate glass factory at Irwin, and railroad con
nection with it is being rapidly made.
McKeo & Chambers bave let contracts for 60
more dwellings at Jeannette, They are for
the accommodation of employes of the new
tank furnace.
Earnings of the Pittsburg and Western Rail
road the first week of tbe present month show
a net decrease of S9.03X
S. V. White says: "The man who sells stocks
short after tbe decline just as tbe silver bill
goes into operation would be as smart as the
man in the March blizzard who engaged a
force of men to cut ice in May."
There was a rumor in New York yesterday
that tbe Government will buy $100,000,000 4'b
at par and interest in full to maturity.
Andrew Castor sold 35.000 Second Avenue
Electric Railway 5s ot 1909 at 103 and interest;
also, $10,000 Allegheny Valley 7-303 at 110.
. There is said to bo very little Eastern money
in Pittsburg for Investment, This is nothing
to cry over. Home capital is equal to all de
mand. Heavy rains bave fallen throughout Kansas,
to the great benefit of corn and grass.
Hamnett(& Meredith aro putting the finishing
touches to three handsome dwellings in Wil
kinsburg. Their sale of lot3 on Saturday
footed up $17,000.
Movements In Renl Estate.
A. J. Pentocost sold lots 17 and 18 in Anchor
Savings Bank plan. Twentieth ward, for S8,00a
The purchaser was J. M. Montgomery.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold to Mrs. Eleanor S.
Alston lot No. 258 in the Watson place plan.
Tenth ward, Allegheny, fronting 50 feet on tbe
Perrysville road by 150 feet to Derry street, for
5L800. The purchaser will Improve by erecting
a handsome residence.
Black & BalVd sold to Thomas F. Cain lot
No. 671 on Eleventh street. Homestead bor
ough, 66x110 feet, for S600 cash; also sold to
Thomas Colllgan, lot No. 759 in Homestead, 60x
110 feet to an alle for $600; also sold to W. A.
Smith, for J. Walter Hay. lot No. 64 In Valley
View Place, Nineteenth ward, for $325.
Anderson & Beeckman. Limited, sold to Rev.
Frank Talmadge, for J. M. Porter, a brick
house on Niagara street, Oakland, for 17,600.
Brown & Saint sold, to D. T. McKeag, for
$800, lot No. 42 in the Brnsbton Place plan,
fronting 50 feet on the north side of Meade
streetand extending baok an average depth ot
130 feet to an alley.
Alles & Bailey sold for E. P. Jones, to Joseph
Oezeluip, lot No. 81 on Wadsworth street.
Thirteenth ward, between Center and Fifth
avenues, for $325 on monthly payments of $5.
HOME INTERESTS.
Stocks Bother Quiet, With a Bearish Ten
dency as to the Feature.
Mr. L M. Whitney described the local stock
situation to a dot yesterday, when he flashed
up the old saw about making bricks without
straw. By this he meant it was impossible to
do business in the absence of sellers and
buyers. On all slde3 it is admitted that the
lethargy is mainly due to absenteeism.
Nothing was done at the first call. The sec
ond turned out fairly well, 165 shares changing
bands. The active interests were Pittsburg
Traction, Pleasant Valley, Philadelphia Gas
and People's Pipeage. Luster was the strongest
feature in the bidding. Philadelphia Gas and
Pipeage were steady. Electric and the street
railways were weak. All In all the list showed
a disposition to let go, but a few good buying
orders would act like starch on a shirt front.
FIRST SECOND
CALL. CALL.
JU A B A
P. P., 8. 4M. Ex 450 800 450 600
Boatman's Insurance 30
Ohio Valley Uas IS ZS
Peoples' Mat. Q. & P. Co. IS KH IS 16)4
Philadelphia Co SIX ZIX ti 31,5
1'lne Bun 47
Columbia Oil , 1 2tt IK
Central Traction..., 27JJ 28)4
Citizens' Traction 68 67fc C7M
Flttsbur Traction Co.... 85X 37 37
Pleasant Valley. 28 Ss 28
Suspension Bridge (Dth st) 40
La Norla Mining 17 19
Luster Mining Co B 22J4 z
Westlnghonse EJeotrlc... SSJ 39 S3 39
Union B. S. Co K 17 17
West'honseA. B. Co 116)3
RalpR all at neennd nail 100 nharna nf Pitts.
bnrg Traction at 35. 35 Pleasant Valley at 28,
and 10 Philadelphia Gas at Zli. After call. 10
Pleasant Valley brought 23 and 10 Pipe
age 16.
The total sales of stocks at New York yester
day were 191,180 shares, including Atchison,
12,025U3elaware, Lackawanna and Western,
10,050: xake Shore, 6,480; Louisville and Nash
ville. 7,854: Missouri Pacific, 7,520; Northern
Pacific, preferred, 8,821: Oregon Transconti
nental, 10,300; Readlnz, 25,700: Richmond and
West Point. 6,206; St. Paul, 20,010; Union Pa
cific, 6,175.
X01TOTABY SITUATION.
I
A Fair Business In Progress With Good
Prospects Ahead.
The volume of miscellaneous trade is well
maintained for the season in the face of a com
bination of depressing influences which are
affecting tbe entire country, bnt realised in a
loss degree to Pittsburg than elsewhere. Xk
railroad strike Is seriously felt East and West,
but bas made little impression here.
Some of tbe business centers complain of
tight money, caused by gold shipments and
crop movements. There is no trouble of this
kind in Pittsburg. Purchases of silver bullion
will begin to-day and will relieve some of the
pressure
Business at the banks was of a quiet, steady,
reliable sort yesterday, growing out of the reg
ular demands ot trade, which is moving along
quite satisfactorily, and keeping capital well
employed. Itls true tbero Is considerable sur-1
plus cash, but not too much for tbe probable
demands of the fall trade, which is almost in
sight. The return of the army of absentees
will be signalized by a revival in all of the ac
tivities of the city.
Exchanges were $2,263,613 55, and balances
S241.6S3 37. The regular rate for money is 6
per cent with very little doing above or below
that figure, showing that there is no effort to
force business. This is a strong feature of tbe
situation and the keynote of the last quarter
of tbe year.
Money on'call at New York yesterday was
tight, rangine from 418 per cent, last loan 4,
closed offered at 4. Prime mercantile paper
536J. Sterling exchange more active and
weaker at 48 for 60-day bills and 48T& for demand.
Closing Bond Quotations.
O. 8. 4s, re J23X
U. 8. 4S, Coup 1!3
U.S. 4s, ng ilOJH
U. B. 4)s, coup 103?,
Pacifioesof '95 112H
I.ouUIanastamped4s;8SH
M. W. T. Man. to.. 65
Mutual Union 03....1C3
H.J. C. int. vert.. .111
Northern 1'ac. 18U..1I5M
Northern Fac. 2ds..H5X
Northw't'n consol.135
Northw'n deben's BsllOH
Urecon & Trans. 66.106)4
M.E&I. M. Gen. 6s. 95
St.L. AS.F. Uen.M 111
St. Panl consols. ....124
Missouri Ds.... lux
Tenn. new set. 6s.. ..107
Tenn. new set. St.. .,104
Tenn. new set. 3.... 78
Canada So2ds 1OO14
uentrai racinc mi.iirj
Den. A K. B. Ists...ll2
St.P, Chl&rc.lsts.ll4
Jx PcL.G.Tr.Rs. 9114
Tx.. Pe. U G.Tr.Bs. 39
Den. 11. O. 4s KM
u.au. u. wesusis.
Erle2d 102)4
M. K. & T. lien. 6... 81 j
union l'aomo ists...iut
West Shore 103
New Yobe Clearings, $12,219,434; balan ces,
$5,269,349.
Philadelphia Clearings, $10,593,221; bal
ances, Sl.656.uS4.
Baltimore Clearings, $2,093,178; balances,
$265,873.
London The amount of bullion gone into
the Bank of England on balance to-day is
68.000.
PABrs Three per cent rentes, 93f 97, c for
the account.
Chicago Clearings, $18,012,000. New York
exchange 70o discount. Money rates were
steady at 56 per cent on call and 6ffi7 per
cent on time loans.
THE DAY IN OIL.
Local Longs Get Rid of Some of Tbetr
Burden.
The local longs did considerable unloading
yesterday, with the result of making a compar
atively active, though weak market. R. H.
Robinson dumped between 80.000 and 40,000
barrels and other smaller lots, the whole foot
ing up a respectable aggregate.
The market opened at 92, the same as tbe
previous close, advanced to 92, then broke to
Wyi and 89, rallied in the last few minutes
and finished at 9090 below the opening.
Tbe feeling at first was strong but weakened
in the afternoon when it was learned that New
York was selling, having cancelled some buy
ing orders sent here in tbe forenoon. Bradford
and Oil City were light buyers.
There were a few sales of Lima oil at 40c It
is expected regular trading in it will begin on
Monday. Boston clearances were 20,000 barrels.
Fentures of Yesterday's Oil Slarket.
Corrected dally by John M. Oakley & Co., 45
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange:
Opened 92 I Lowest. .....'. 89
Highest WM I Closed 9C
Barrel.
Average charters 14,479
Average shipments 74.651
Average runs : . 66,919
RAfined. NewYorK. 7.80c
Krflned, London. S 7-16d,
Bennea, Antwerp, 17f.
Kenned, Liverpool. 5 li-lM.
Befined. Bremen, 6.75m.
A. B. McQrew Quotes: Puts, 89 calls, S1Q
Other OH Market.
On. City, August 12. Petroleum opened at
92c; highest, 92lc; lowest, 90c; closed, 90Kc;
saies, iua,oz parrels; Clearances not reported;
charters, 36,506 barrels; shipments, 97,689 bar
rels; runs, 103,952 barrels.
BRADFORD.August 12. Petroleum opened at
91c; closed, 90Jc; highest, 92e; lowest, 90o;
clearances, 124,000 barrels.
New York, August 12. Petroleum opened
steady at OOJfcc lor spot and 92c for September
option. Prices moved up slightly In the early
trading, then gave way and declined llKc
September rallied slightly in the last hour, but
was depressed again and the market closed
weak. Stock Exchange Opening. 90c; highest,
91c; lowest, 90c; closioc, 00c Consolidated
Exchange Opening, B2c: highest, 92fci low
est, 90Hc; closing, BO&c Total sales, 150.000 bar
rels. AN ACTIVE MARKET,
Prospect or Money Becomlns Easier Gold
Shipments Cease Advance la Rail
road Stocks Bavins to Cover
Short Contract.
New Yobe, August 12. The stock market
to-day was active in the forenoon, but later
subsided Into the usnal dullness and stagnation
which have of late become sucb marked char
acteristics of the speculation, and while the
activity lasted there was decided strength dis
played, which disappeared later In the day
when the demand slacked off. The bears, now
that the New York Central strike is practically
over, affect to belittle its importance, while
only two days ago ruin stared the entirecouutry
in tbe face because of it. The stress is now laid
upon the continued stringency in the money
market and the damage to the crops. The
bulls, on tbe other band, believe that damage
bas been greatly exaggerated, and even were it
sucb as reported they say that tbe materially
higher prices realized for the crop will enable
the agricultural population to purchase as
largely as during the past year, and the west
bound traffio is likely to be fully as large. If not
larger, than ever before, while the surplus left
over from tbe last crop will help to furnish ton
nage to the railroads.
The time for the enforcement of the new
silver law is now at hand, and relief for the
money market Is therefore near. Stronghopes
are entertained that tbe Secretary of the
Treasury will find some means of nullifying
the heavy Treasury absorptions. Ono of the
most importantant factors in tbe strength dis
played to-day was tbe buoyancy of the London
market, where the late stringency In money
has been relieved, and a more hopeful feeling
exists than at New York. The easing up -of
the money market there, with the high rates
here, bave caused a weakening in sterling ex
change rates, and for the time being gold ship
ments are out ux ma question, wnicn also en
couraged purchases of good stocks to-day.
The buying, however, was in great part to
cover sljort contracts, and while there were
heavy purchases for foreign account the de
mand for borne consnmption was still larger.
Tbe news of tho day was in a large degree
favorable, and the proposition that the Secre
tary of the Treasury would purchase the 4s
at par and Interest to maturity met with much
favor and aided to keep the upward movement
going. The most important factor to that end
was tbe landing ot large sums by one promi
nent bank.which gradually lowered the rates for
money and instituted positive ease In plaee of
the tightness prevailing in the forenoon. The
upward movement continued, therefore, with
out interruption, until the close, and tbe ad
vances were large and uniform, the entire list
sharing in it without distinction. The deal
ings, especially in the afternoon, presented
little or no social feature, and tbe close was
quiet but strong at the best figures of the day.
The principal gains comprise Tennessee Coal.3;
Oregon Transcontinental, !8g; Reading, 2):St.
Paul, 2; Union Pacific, ; Louisville and
Nashville, 1- Lackawanna and Wheeling and
Lake Erie preferred, 1 each; C. C, C. and St.
Louis and Lako Shore IX each; Burlington,
Cplorado Coal, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific
and Wabash preferred, li each; Northwest
ern, Northern Pacific preierred and New En
gland, 1 each, and Chicago Gas, Erie and
Wheeling and Lake Erie. 1 per cent.
Railroad bonds were dnll, tbe sales being
only $761,000, and the tone was still heavy
tbouch a few marked gains were scored. The
important changes were very few, however,
and the final changes generally are Insignifi
cant. Government bonds have been dull and firm.
State bonds have been entirely neglected.
Tbe Post says: While money remains at 4 to
4 per cent In London. It is plain that the
bigner rates here, If continued, must soon re
duce the rates of exchange to a point where
tbe gold sont over a week or two ago would be
gin to come back and thus equalize the rates
for money. In connection with this also it ap
pears that London speculators bave recovered
from their South American flurry and
were buying American railroad stock
to-day. This helps to weaken the
exchange market as well as to
strengthen the stock market. The parties who
have manipulated the money market here also
have probably realized to-day that they cannot
control it much longer, and there Is reason to
believe that they were buyers of stocks this
forenoon. vVhen they have bought their
stocks the money they bave locked up will
come ont In pay for them, and it is to be ex
pected that, with the exception of a few tnfline
spasms, the money market will work easier
from this time on. Aside from this, tbe Secre
tary of the Treasury will probably also In some
way contrive to buy some large amounts of
bonds before long, which will help to make
BThe?ollowlng table shows Hie prices or active
sluontteifewXork Stock Exchange yester-
THE DISPATCH by
old Plttabnrcr mem
hers or Hen York Slock
avenue:
Open-
Am. Cotton Oil ,
Am. Cotton oil prer... .. I
Am. cotton Oil Trust.. MX
Atch.. Top. &S. F 40H
Canadian Faclnc 19H
Canada Southern 53ft
Central ofNewJersey.123
Central Faclnc
Chesapeake & Ohio.... 21
Chicago Gas Trust . 53
Exchange, a Fourth
Cloi-
High
est. Low- ing
est. Bid.
ssji
4l2
64 63
124 122
HH 53
10314 102V
703? 69M
1163, 116M
89)4 83)
109)4 108
KH 69)j
Si" 60)
2334 28X
60 ma
40)4 39
144X UIH
161 160-
3 m
C.. Bur. 4 Qnlacy ....103
y., am. st. Paul..,
O., Mil. 4 at. P., pr.
C., BockL 41
II. Ht I. Sk f I...
J9V
.imK
C. 4 .Northwestern ....109
V., a. 0.41 6914
O., O. O. 4 L prer..... 98
Col. Coal 4 Iron &0
Col. 4 Hocking- Valley 28V
Ches. 4 Ohio 1st nref.. 69)
Ches. 4 Ohio 2d pref.. S37i
DeU. Lack 4 West H3Hi
Del, 4 Hudson 160
Den. 4 Bio Grand
pen. 4 RioOraude.pt. 52
KT.. Va.4Ga 8
Illinois Central......... :...
Lako Krle 4 West
uate Kne4 West pr 62
Lake bhore 4 M. 8 107)4
Louisvllie4MashvlUe. 84)4
Mlenigan Central 97)5
Mobile & Ohio 21)4
ilufoun Pacific 69
National Lead.Trust. .. 19V
Hew York Central 106)4
N. r.. O. Bt. L IS
M. Y l. V TV X
6214
107
85
97)4
21 X
70S
19
JOSH
1614
2SH
4SH
18K
60-M
33)4
80
24
45
47)4
44
42
214
20J4
. if. 4. E. tlH
N.Y.. O. 4W. 18H
Norfolk 4 Western pr. 60M
Northern Pacific 33
Northern Pacific pr.... 80)4
Ohio 4 Mississippi 23)4
Oregon lmprovement.J45)4
Oregon franscon 44
Pacific AlaU 43X
Peo., Deo. 4 Evans -
PMladel. 4 Beadlnir. .. 407$
Pullman Palace Oar. ..213
Urchmond4 W. P. T.. 20
Bichmond4W.P.X.pt ....
St. Paul 4 Dnlnth
St. Paul 4 Duluth Of.
St. P., Minn. 4 Man
St. L. 4 San Fran
St. L. 4 San Fran pr.
Suror Trust SIX
Texas Pacific 19),
Union Padre 53
Wabash 12
Wabash preferred 25)4
Western Onion 82
Waeellng4 L. K 36M
Wheeling 4 L.. prer. 78)4
82
19
MS
12
25
S3
37
76X
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished bv Whitney 4 Stephenson, brokers. No. 67
Fourth avenue. Members New XorE StocK Ex
change: Bid. Asked.
Pennsylvania KaUroad S3M 63K
Heading 21)4 2J 5-16
Buffalo, Pittsburg 4 Western 9 11
Lenlgh Valliy 62X 52
Lehigh Navigation 51)4
Philadelphia and Erie &X
Northern Pacific 33)4 S3M
Northern Pacific preferred 8034 ....
Dllnlns Stocks.
New York, August 12. Mining quotations:
Alice. 245; Belle Isle, 100: Bodie. 100: Caledonia
B. H. 190; Crown Point, 225; Eureka Con, 400;
Gould and Curry. ISO: Hale and Narcros, 225;
Hnmestake, 1000: Horn Silver, 345: Iron Silver,
175: N Commonwealth, 175. Ontario, 41;Pbcenix.
Arizona, 110: Sierra Nevada, 255; Sutter Creek,
105; Union Con, 250.
New York Metal Market.
New York Pig iron strong; American $16
618; copper lifeless; lake, Auzust. $16 85. Lead
quiet; domestic, $4 50. Tin dull; straits $20 SO.
Drvcooda.
New York. August 12. The drygoods mar
ket was without new feature, continuing to be
characterized by a cheerful and confident
tone.
Wool Markets.
Philadelphia Wool market quiet; prices
nominal.
EIVER JJJTELLIGEKCE.
Tbo Ohio Again Too Low to Allow tbe
Runnlnu of Boats.
The Ohio has again fallen below the mark
which allows the running of boats, and busi
ness on that stream will be shelved again in
consequence until after tbe leaves begin to
fall. As a veteran steamboat captain re
marked yesterday: "The snow will be flying
before another boat succeeds in getting below
Davis' Island," and bis remark was seconded
by nearly every one. Two larco towboata wcra.
placed upon tbe market yesterday, tbe largest
being the Joseph B. Williams, which cost the
builder, L D. Rlsher, $100,000. The boat will
not bring half thatprlcenow.lt 3 thought by
coal operators, but the owners are reluctant to
part with her for that price. The other boat
was the Coal Valley, another monster towboat.
She will not sell for as mnch as tbe Williams,
as the latter bas undergone complete repairs
and would not be sold were it not
from the fact that ber owner has
made an assignment of his property, consisting
of towboata, barges, tipples, etc., in the local
trade. It is thought the money derived from
tbe sale of tbe Williams will be sufficient to
liquidate the liabilities of the firm. Business
was fairly active about the levee yesterday.
Tueup.river packet boats did a good trade.
No coal arrived from above during tbe day, as
there is now more in this pool than can bo
bandied with Eafety should tho Monongabela
go on the rampage without giving any warning.
The marks showed the Ohio at Davis' Island to
be still falling at 6 P. it, when there was 3 feet
H InoliAii below the lower lock irate. The Mar
ket street stone registered 5 feet 6 inches when
the observation was made at 6 P. it. Arrivals
James G, Blaine, Adam Jacobs and Elizabeth.
Departed Time, with lumber rafts in tow, for
below; James G. Blaine. Jacobs and Elizabeth.
Leave to-day Germania, 820 A. v., for Browns
ville and intermediate landings; James G.
Blaine. 3 p. M., for Brownsville and Morgan
town; Elizabeth, for Elizabeth and Geneva, it
Driftwood.
Tbe Adam Jacobs had a good trip out yester
day. " Business at Louisville Is far duller than at
Elttsburg, If reports are true.
The James G. Blaine will be tbe steamer to
Slorgantown and Brownsville to-day at 3 f.m.
The Chartlers Packet Company appears to be
strictly In tbe scramble for the public patronage.
CAFTAur SAM Brown made a flying visit to
Pittsburg yesterday and returned to New York
last night.
' The Charley Clarke Is still heading for Pitts
burg, and when last heard from was at Louisville,
en route from St. Louis.
From the reported sales of steamboat lines
these days. It appears that the business is not a
veritable mint for the operators.
THE Mayflower will carry the Patriotic Sons of
America up to view the entrancing scenery on the
Monongahela to-morrow. Muslo will enliven the
trip.
Tbe Time was exceedingly lucky In getting out
yesterday morning. Had she waited a lew hours
her trip below with rafts would have been Im
possible. ,
Captain Sam Bbowh and Jim Eeese are con
templating building an electric street car line In
Memphis, and have opened negotiations with
several contractors with that view.
The Twilight returned from East Liverpool
yesterday, and took tbe dredgeboat Western to
McKeesport, to excavate for railroad bridge
piers, which are to be erected there.
Captain J. A. Henderson, bis son Alex, and
Stephen Thomas, tbe popular shipping clerk or
the Cincinnati packet line, will leave for an ex
tended trip on the Great Lakes. Cleveland,
Detroit and Pnt-ln-Bay are the chief points to
which they wBl head.
The dietary of an invalid differs mate
rially from that of a person in robust health.
He needs light, nutritious food, and it is
essential that besides being nutritious it
shall be easy of digestion. Hellin's Food is
very nourishing and is assimilated as soon
as taken into the stomach.
Torpid Liver and Congo.
Banner Medicine Co. :
For over eight years I have bsen broken
down in health from the following diseases:
Great pains m my side with sharp cutting
pain at the heart, dyspepsia, pain in the
stomach, constipation, torpid liver, cough,
rheumatism in left shoulder and general
debility. My liver seemed to be the worst
trouble. During all this time of suffering I
wa under the doctor's treatment, and have
use'd other remedies without any benefit,
doing me more barm than good. At this
time of suffering I was advised to nse Dan
tier's Genuine "Essence of Health," and
with great pleasure and gratification I will
add my testimonial to that of the many
others who have been restored to health in
stating that your "Essence of Health" has
entirely cured me of all pains. My health
is wonderfully improved, I am restored to
perfect health and strength, and, thereforo,
will gladly give any further information to
any who will address or call on me.
Mbs. Wm. Gabbabt,
Chartiers Valley, West End, S. S., Pitts
burg, Pa.
For sale by druggists, and tbe Danner
Medical Company, 242 Federal street, Alle
gheny. Use Walker' "Wax Soap,
auli.13,14,15
day. Corrected dally for
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Quality of Fruits -and Vegetables
Offered Hot High.'
CHOICE .DAIRY PRODUCTS STRONG.
Large Cereal Eeceipta and Prices Are
Well Maintained,
GENEEAL GROCERIES ABE UNCHANGED
OFFICE OT PITTSBUKO DISPATCH,
Tuesday. August 12. 189a J
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
Choice creamery butter is scarce and prices
are tending higher. At the Elgin Butter Board
meeting, held on Monday afternoon, prices es
tablished insure an advance here before the
week is out. Markets are firm at outside quo
tatlons for high grade stock. Cheese Is very
firm, and an advance is probable before long.
Eggs are quiet hqre, but active in New York
and Chicago. Poultry Is easy and markets are
a shade lower. Grapes are lu liberal supply,
but quality Is generally poor. Markets are
well supplied with Jersey potatoes and prices
are a shade lower than at our last report. Pros
pects are that we will be obliged to pay as
much per bushel for potatoes as we have been
paying for a barrel tbe last few seasons. Ar
rivals of vegetables and fruit of late are gen
erally Inferior in finality.
Apfles-?J505 60 a barrel.
Butter Creamery, Elgin, 2223c: Ohio do,
2021c; fresh dairy packed. 12Hc; fancy
country rolls, H15c; choice, 1213c.
Berbies Blackberries, 81 60 a bucket;
huckleberries. ?1 351 60 a pail; grapes, 4550c
a basket; 56 a stand.
Beans Navy hand-picked beans, ?2 402 45;
Lima beans. 66c.
Beeswax asc 39 ft for 'choice; low
grade, 2022c
Cantaloups ?35 a barrel; watermelons,
Slo20 a hundred.
Cider Sand refined. 57 50; common, $4 00
4 60; crab cider, J89 barrel; cider vinegar,
1012c V? gallon.
cheese New Ohio cheese, 7Vt38c; New
York cheese, 869c: Limberger, liJaUJJ'c; do
mestic Bweitzer. 1313c, Wisconsin brick
Bweitzer. IIQI2K0; imported Sweitzer, 25c
Eggs 1617c $1 dozen for strictly fresh.
Feathers Extra live geee, 6O60c; No. 1
do. 404ac: mixed lots. 3035o fl ft.
Maple Stbup 7596c a can; maple sugar,
910cft.
Honey 15c $ ft.
Poultry Spring chickens, small, 8040o a
pair; large, 6075c a pair; dressed, ll12oa
pound.
Tallow Country, Sfc: citjvendered, 4c.
Seeds Recleaned Western clover. 84 60
6 25; codntrv medium clover, 84 00Q1 15; tim
othy. 1 601 70; blue crass, SI 60611 60: orchard
trass. 81 20; millet, 70a75c
Tropical Fruits Lemons, Tcholce, $5 50
6 00; fancy, 16 008 60; Eodi iranges, 6 00
6 50; Sorrento oranges, 15 005 60; bananas,
SI 502 00 firsts. SI 25 good seconds V bnnch;
pineapples, 87 009 00 a hundred; California
peaches, 12 00 2 50 f box; California apricots.
81 752 25; California plums, 12 002 25 box;
California pears, 83 50 ft box.
Vegetables Southern potatoes, 83 00
8 25 V barrel; sweet potatoes, yellow, 84 00
4 50 $! barrel; home-grown caDbage, 82 002 50
fl barrel; onions, 3 603 75 a barrel; green
onions, SI 25 a bushel; Egytian onions, 84 50 for
180 ft basket; green beans, home-crown, 1 00
1 15 1 basket: cucumbers. 81 001 25 S crate;
tomatoes, 75(Ta busbel box; home-grown toma
toes, 1 00 a bushel: celery, S035o a dozen.
Groceries.
Green Coptee Fancy Eio, 24X35Kc;
choice Rio, 2223c; prime Rio, 23c; low
grade Bio, 2021c; old Government Java,
29KS0c; Maracaibo. 25XZ7Xc; Mocha, 80
82c; Santos, 2226c; Caracas, 527c; La Guayra,
26g27c.
, Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 25c;
high grades, 2830Ko; old Government Java,
bulk, 3334Kc; Maracaibo. 2829c; Santos, 26
30c; peaberrv, 30c; choice Rio. 26c; prime Rio,
25c: good Rio, 24c; ordinary, 21K22c.
Spices (whole) Cloves. 1718c; allspice,
10c; cassia. 8c; pepper, 15c; nutmeg, 7580c
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7iic:
Ohio, 120, 8Jc; headlight, 150, 8Kc; water
white, 10c; globe, 14141c; elalne, 14K; car
nadme, HKc: royaline, lie; red oil, llUc;
purity, 14c
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strain ed,4345c
f) gaiIon;summer, 3840c; lard oil, 6553c
Syrup Com syrup, 3234e: choice-sugar
syrup, 3739c; prime sngar syrup, 3233c;
strictly prime, 35Q36c: new maple syrup, 90c
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop. 5052c:
oboice, 49c; medium, 3843c; mixed, 4042c
Soda Bi carb in kees, SK3c; bl-carb In
Js, 5ic; bi-carb assorted packages, 5J6c;
sal-soda in kegs, ljc; do granulated, 2c.
CANDLES-Star, full weight, 8Kc; stearine,
'it set, 8c: parafflue, ll12c
Rice Head Carolina, 77Jic: choice, 6
6Jc: prime, 66J Louisiana, 66Kc
bTAROH Pearl. 3c; corn starch, 67c;
gloss starch, 5J7c
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, 82 65; Lon
don layers, 12 75; Muscatels,S2 50; California Mus-
catels,S240;Valencla,8Kc;OndaraValencIa,10K
lie; sultan, lB$llc; currants, 55Vc; Tur
key urunes.6IfQ7c: French nrunes.9l:Hilnn.
ica prunes, in 2-ft packages, 9c; cocoanuts f)
100, 86; almonds, Lan., fl ft. 29c; do Ivica, 17c;
do shelled, 40c: walnuts, nap., 1314c: Sicily
filberts, 12c; Smyrna fig;, 12013c; new dates. t
6c; Brazil nuts, 13c; pecans, 910c: citron.
V in, lotiiuc; lemon peei, 10c fi a; orange peel,
17c
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c;
apples, evaporated, 1516c; peaches, evap
orated, pared, 2SS0c: peaches, California,
evaporated, unpared, 2526c; cherries, pitted,
22c; cherries, unpitted, 66c;rasoberrles, orap
orated, S335c; blackberries, 88Kc; bnckle
berries,1012c Sugars Cubes, 6Jc; powdered, 6c; granu
lated, 6c; confectioners' A, 6c; standard A,
6Vic; soft white, 56c; yellow, choice, 5J
5gc; yellow, good, 6$&:; yellow, fair, 65
6c; yellow, dark, 54c.
Pickles Medium, bbls. (L200), 89 00; me
dium, half bbls. (600), 85 00.
Salt o. L V bbl, 95c;Na lex. W bbl, 81 00;
dairy, yl bbl, Jl 20; coarse crystal. U bbl, 81 20;
Higgins Eureka, 4-bn sacks, 82 80; Hlgsrlns'
Eureka. 16-14 ft packets, 83 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, 82 70
2 80; 2ds, 82 402 50; extra peaches 82 853 00;
pie peaches. SI 65; iirnest corn, 81 351 50; Hfd
Co. corn, E095c; red cherries; SI 251 S5; Lima
beans. 81 20; soaked do. 80c; string do 750c;
marrowfat peas. 81 101 25; soaked peas, 70
80c; pineapples, $1 301 40; Bahama 'do. 82 55:
damson plums, 81 10; greengages, 81 50; egg
plums, S2 10; California pears, B 70; do green
gages, 82 10; do egg plums, $2 10; extra white
cherries. 825: raspberries, SI 251 35; straw
berries, SI 251 lio: gooseberries. 8590c; to
matoes, S951; salmon, 1ft, II 301 b0; black
berries, Jl 15; succotash, 2-ft cans, soaked, 90c;
do green. 2-ft, 81 251 50; corn beef, 2-ft cans.
82 10; 11-ft cans. 814; baked beans, 81 401 50;
lobster, 1-ft. 81 801 90; mackerel, 1-& cans,
broiled. 81 50; sardines, domestic. Js, 85 OH
5 10; sardines, domutic K. 87 50; sardines.
Imported, Us, 811 6012 50; sardines, imported,
s, 818; sardines, mustard, H 60; sardines,
spiced, 84 25. '
Fish Extra No, 1 bloater mackerel, 836
bbl: extra No. 1 do.mess, 840; extra No. 1 mack
erel, shore. 28; extra No. 1 do, mess, 832; No. 2
shore maciterei, KB. uounsh Whole pollock,
4o ij? ft; do medium, Georce's cod. 6c; do
larce, 7c; boneless hake, in strips. 4Vc; do
Georce's cod in blocks, 6K7Kc Herrine
Hound shore, 83 50 fl bbl; split, 88 50: lake. 83 25
f) 100-ft bbl. White fish, 86 50 Jl 100-ft half bbl.
Lake trout. So 50 $ half bbl. Finnan baddies,
10c fl ft. Iceland halibut, 13eH ft. Pickerel,
half bbl. 3 00; quarter bbl, 81 35; Potomao her
ring. 13 50 bbj; 82 00 f) half bbL
OATMEAL-55 605 75 1 bbL
Grain, Floor and Feed.
Sales on call at tbe Grain Exchange, 1 car
sample oats, 45c, spot; 1 car brown middlings
and bran, 820 25 and 817 25 spot: 1 car 2 white
oats, 45c, spot. Receipts as bulletined. 64 cars.
Bv Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail
way, 2 cats of feed, 4 of oats, 3 of corn, 4 of.
flour, 5 of bay, 1 OI malt, 1 of middlings. By
Pittsburg. Cincinnati and St. Louis, 8 cars of
oats, 4 of bran, 10 of corn. 1 of flour, 1 of mill
feed, 1 of middlings. By Pittsburg and Lake
Erie, 3 cars of 6ats, 10 of rye, 1 of bay, 1 of
bran, 1 of flour, 1 of crnshed wheat. By Pitts
burg ana Western, 1 car of bay. By Baltimore
and Ohio. 1 car of hay. Tbe cereal situation Is
practically the same as in our last report. Re
ceipts to-dav are larger than In any one day for
a number of weeks, but in spite of this prices
rule steady. Oats are a snade higher. The
visible supply of wheat for the first time since
the new crop came in shows an increase this
week. Tbe increase in supply is 117.813 bush
els, and total supply In sight is 18.490.492 bush
els. Rye also shows increase in visible supply,
but corn, oats and barley show a decrease.
Prices are for carload lots on track:
Wheat-No. 2 red. 99 00; No. 3, 97g98c;
new wheat. No. 2 red, 96S7c
CORK No. 2 yellow ear. 656tic; hlzh mixed
ear, 63G4c; No. 2 yellow, shelled. 6162c:high
mixed shelled corn. 5960c
Oats No. 2 white, 4o45jc; extra, No. 3, 44
44Ke; mixed, 3040c
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania andiOhlo, 61062c;
No. 1 Western. 59K60c
Flour Jobbins prices Fancy spring patent
flour, 85 C05 85; fancy straight winter, $5 25
5 60; fancy straicht spring. 85 255 60; clear
winter. 85 005 25; straight XXXX bakers',
84 755 00. Rye flour, 54 004 25.
MilLTEED Middlings, fancy fine white,
823 00024 00 ?! ton; brown middlings, 820 00
21 00: winter wheat bran, S17Q17 SO.
.HAY-Baled Timothy. No. I, 111 6012 00; No.
2 do, 89 50IO 00; Iooe, from wagon, -814 00
15 00, according to quality; new hay, 111 60
f ?
12 00: No. 2 prairie hay, 86 507 00; packing do,
S6 607 00; clover bay, 88 009 00.
Straw Oat, (6 757 CO, wheat and rye, 86 00
6 2a.
Provisions.
Sugar-cured hams, large. HKc; sugar-cured
bams, medium, llc; sugar bams, small, 12c;
sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 8c; sugar-cured
shoulders. 7c; sugar-cured boneless shoul
ders. 8mc: skinned shoulders, 8c; skinned
hams, llc: snear-enred California bams, 9c:
sugar-cured dried beef flats. He: sugar-cured
dried beef sets, 12c; sugar-cured dried beet
rounds. 14c: bacon, shoulders, TJc; bacou.clear
sides, Tir bacon, clear bellies, 6r; dry salt
'shouldeis, 6c; dry salt clear sides. 6Kc Mess
Eork, heavy, J13 50; mess pork, family. 813 SO.
ard Refined, In tierces, 6c; half-barrels,
65c; 60-ft tojis. 6c; 20-ft pails. 6c: 60-ft tin
cans. 5c; 3-& tin palls. 6c; 5-ft tin palls, 6c;
10-ft tin pails, 6c Smoked sausage, long. 5c;
large, 5c Fresh pork, links, 9c Boneless
bams, 10c Pics' feet, half-barrels, 84 00;
quarter-barrels, 82 15.
LATE 2JEWS IN BRIEF.
Six laree blocks at Dayton, Wash., de
stroyed by fire.
South Dakota's stringent prohibition law
bas been 'declared constitutional by the Su
preme Court of tbe State.
News bas been received that tbe schooner
Alice D. bas been wrecked in the Gulf of Cali
fornia. The crew were saved.
Two men blown to atoms in an explosion in
the Illinois Steel Works, at Joliet, yesterday.
Two more were fatally burned.
At Indianapolis yesterday the Erie road
bought the Chicago ana Atlantic, and thus se
cured an entrance into Chicago.
News has been reoeived of the death ot
Warren J. Harris and Frank Gates, missiona
ries at Sierra Leone, Africa, of fever. July 5.
John Long, a Chinaman who skipped from
Boston with 814,000 belonging to another Ce
lestial, has been arrested at Council Bluffs, la.
Tho first annual report of N. J. Bacbelder,
the New Hampshire Commissioner of Agricult
ure and Immigration, to tho Governor's Coun
cil, shows that of 1,342 abandoned ferms re
ported in the State last August, 301 are now
occupied.
At New York the dismissal by Secretary
WIndom of two deputy surveyors and one
deputy naval officer of this port bas caused a
sensation at tbe Custom House. The deputy
surveyors are John W. Corning and Avery B.
Catlin. Both were appointed November 1,
18S9.
Provisional President Ezeta has' issued a
proclamation to tbe San Salvador troops on the
frontiers of Gnatemala and on Guatemalan
territory, ordering them to maintain their pres
ent positions, and not to act on tbe aggressive
toward the Guatemalan troops unless attacked
by tbe latter.
Twenty-three Chinamen were confined in
tho Alameda county, Cal.. jail, nntil they could
be returned to China. Yesterday five Chinese
visited the prisoners and when the time for
leaving came tne visitors remained ana nve
prisoners walked ont instead. Their absence
was soon noticed and they were recaptured a
few blocks from the jail. Deputy Marshals
Morrison and Woolsey have been arrested,
charged with being bribed to let the prisoners
escape.
GETTD?G BEAST 10 LEAVE.
W. S. Campbell Will Represent tbe Buffalo,
Rochester and Pillnbarjc Bond.
Commercial Agent "William Sproull, of
the Chicago and Alton road, who intends to
locate in Philadelphia in September, went
to Rochester last evening. He also repre
sents tbe Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
road here, &Dd his visit to Rochester is to
close up his business with the company.
He will be succeeded in both positions by
W. S. Campbell, at present contracting
agent for the two lines.
TREADTuTPSORIASIS
Covering Entire Body With White
Scales. Suffering Fearful.
Cured by Cuticura;
My disease (psoriasis) first broke out on my left
cheek, spreading across my nose and almost cov
ering my face. It ran Into my eyes, and the
physician was afraid I would lose my eyeglght
altogether. It spread all over my head, and my
nair leu one until 4. was en
tirely bald-headed; It then
broke ont on my arms and
shoulders, until mr arms were
lust one sore. It covered my
entire body, mv face; lieacT,
anasnouiders being the worst.
The white scabs fell constantly
from my head, shoulders, and
arms: tbe skin wouti thicken
and be red and very Itchy, and
wonld crack and bleed if
scratched. After spending
many hundreds of dollars, I was
pronounced Incurable. I heard
of the CUTTCURA KXHFDIE9,
and after using two bottles
cuticura Resolvent. 1 could
see a chance; and after i had taken four bottles, I
was almost cured; and when I had used six bottles
of Ccticuba Kesolvent, one box of Cuticura
and one cake of CUTICURA SOAP, I was cured of
the dreadful disease from which I had suffered
for live years. I cannot express with a pen wbat
1 suffered before nslnit the remedies. Xbey saved
my lire, and I feel It my duty to recommend them.
My hair Is restored as good as ever, and so Is my
leS &ES. BOSA KELLY, Eockwell City, lows.
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where the shedding of scales measured aqnart
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Itching almost beyond endurance, hair lifeless
or all none, suffering terribly. What other
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Backache, kidney pains, weakness,
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ABR0THERATO SISTER,
THE DANGEROUS CONDITION OF MR.
AND MISS EHRHARDT.
How They Were Rescued by ihe Catarrh
Specialists at 323 Penn Avenue.
Miss Emma Ehrhardt, a well-known young;
lady who lives at 73 Sedgwick street, Alle
gheny, has for years been a great sufferer from
catarrh.
Her throat seemed to be always filled with
phlegm and she was almost constantly hawking
and spitting. Her throat became very sore and
T A
Jlus Emma Mr. Henry L.
Ehrhardt. Enrhardt.
there was scarcely a day that she wis not
hoarse.
As some of this catarrhal poison extended to
the bronchial tubes of her lungs she felt a
tightness and weight in her chest. She coughed
badly, and as ber disease further advanced she
felt very weak and tired all the time. She
could get but llttlo sleep and felt tired and
worn out in the morning.
In her weak condition every change of
weather wonld give ber a cold. Herappetlte
failed, and she bad belching of gas and a
nauseous, sick feeling at her stomach after
eating, and she had a bad taste in her mouth
every morning.
Her,brother, Mr. Henry L. Ehrbardt, also
suffered from catarrh, while be bad many of
tbe above symptoms, tbe disease so affected
bis bead that he became quite deaf. He had a
dropping of catarrhal mucus from bis bead
into his throat, where It became very tenacious
and hard to expectorate. As they were per
sonally acquainted with Mrs. Bratt, whose por
trait appeared in this paper a few weeks since,
and knew of ber permanent cure by the physi
cians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute,
at 323 Penn avenue, they decided to take a
course of treatment; and after becoming cured,
for the benefit of others who suffer from
catarrh, tbey add:
,To Whom it May Concern:
We gladly testify that the above history of
our cases is true, nod that we have been cored
as stated. In proof we herebv sign our names.
"HENRY L. EHRHARDT."
"EMMA EHRHARDT."
Remember the place, &3 Penn avenue.
Office hours, 10 a. x. to i r. k, and 8 to 8 p. H.
Sundays. 12 to 4 P. it.
Consultation free to all. Patients treated suc
cessfully at borne by correspondence. Send
two 2-cent stamps for question blank and ad.
dress all letters to the Catarrh and Dyspepsia
Institute. 823 Penn avenue. Plttsburr.
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Pimples
-AND-
m
Blotches
yRE EVIDENCE the Mood it
wrong, and that nature is endeav
oring to throw off the impurities.
Nothing is so Beneficial in assisting
nature as Swift's Specific (S. S. SJ
It is a simple vegetable com found. Is
harmless to the most delicate child, yet
it forces the poison to the surface and.
eliminates it from the blood.
Jot
I contracted a severe case of blood polsom
that unfitted me for business for four years. A
few bottles of Swift's Specific (S. S. S ) cured
tne. J. C. Jones, City Marshal,
Fulton, Arkansas
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
& S wipt Specific Co, Atlanta. Ga.
WHOLESALE -:- HOUSE,
Embroidery and White Goods Department
direct importation from the best manufac
turers of St. Gall, in Swiss and Cambric Edj
ings, Flouncings, Sktrt Widths and Allovers,
Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers'
will nnd these goods attractive both in price
and novelties of design. Full HnesVt New
Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE
PARTMENT Best makes Window Shades in
dado and plain or spring fixtures. Lace Cur
tains. Portieres, Chenille Curtains, Poles and
Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair OH
Cloths in best makes, lowest prices for quality.
WASH DRESS FABRICS.
The largest variety from which to select.
Toil Su Iiords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuck
ers, Imperial Suitings. Heather & Renfrew
Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams.
"Wholesale Exclusively.
Jal3-n
ProlectYour
Horse.
Horseshoelngbe
ineamost Import
ant operation. It is
necessary that all
shoers should un
derstand the con
struction and dis
eases of the foot.
Tbe wan t or
knowledge and
sklllof shoeing of
ten generate
many aueases,
such as corns,
quarter and cen
ter crack, which
are very annoy
In e . Attention
given road, track and Interfering horse. '
llabo manufacture a HOOP OINTMENT, guar
anteed to keep horses' leet In rood conaltlon.
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57 Fourth Avenue.
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45 SIXTH ST.,
AUTHORIZED AGENTS.
Leading English Investment
Syndicates have money to in
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S SIXTH ST, Pittsburg.
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aiEDICAl.
DOCTOR
WHITTI
814 PEN.1 AVUNUE. PITTSBURG. PA.
As old residents know and back files ofPItts.
burg papers prove, is tbe oldest established
and most prominent physician in the city, de
voting special attention to all chronic diseases.
SbrsTsNO FEE UNTILCURED
MCRAni IQ and mental diseases, physical
Mlll V UUO decay.nervous debility, a,ck of
energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory,
disordered sight, self distrust, bash fulness,
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions. Im
poverished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumptlonjin
fltting tbe person for business, society and mar
riage, permanently, safely and privately cured.
Dl finn A Mil CIIM diseases m all
UL-UUU rtliLf OIlli stages, eruptions.
blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular.
swellings, ulcerations of tongue, mouth, throat,
ulcers, old sores, are cured lor life, and blood
poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
1 1 D I M A R V Sidney and bladder derange
U nil inn I 1 ments. weak back. graveL ca
tarrhal discharges, inflammation and other
painful symptoms receive searching treatment;
prompt relief and real cures.
Dr. Wbittier's life-long, extensive experience
Insures scientific and reliable treatment on
common-sense principles. Consultation free.
Patients at a distance as carefully treated as it
here. Office hours, 9 a. it. to 8 p. m. Sunday,
10 A. Jf. to 1 P. M. only. DR. WHITTIER, 811
Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
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DOCTORS LAKE
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M. R. C. P. 8., is tbe oldest and
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tbe city. Consultation free. and
strictly confidential. Office
hours a to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M.: Sundays, 2 to 4 P.
M. Consult them personally, or write. Docrons
Lake, cor. Penn ave. and 4th St., Pittsburg, Pa.
JeS-72-PWk
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